Tailor s stove



(No Model.)

\ J'. R. BURCHFIELD TAILORS STOVE.

Patented A131274, 1882. FI |21- l.

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JAMES n. BURGHFIELD, or srIAaoN, PENNSYLVANIA.

TAI LORS STVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 255,767, dated April 4, 1852.

Application filed September E17,0 1881. (No model.)

of Pennsylvania, have invented new and use-` ful Improvements in Tailors Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

For heating tailors irons I have adapted a well-known form of cook-stove, with a view to 1o obtain large heating capacity.

The objects of my improvements are to provide `a large and quickly-heated surface for the irons; to prevent warping, and to rendersuch heating-surface durable; to give convenience 1,5 of access in placing and removing the irons;

to obtain economy in fuel, and to produce a durable stove. I

The heatingsurface is composed ol' comparativelythin and narrow plates lap-joined, each zo plate constituting a holder for two irons, and

formed with top-surface bridges or carriers to sustain it under the weight of the irons, prevent its warping, and thereby maintain a close joining of the holders in relation to cach other and to the top plate of the stove. rEhe bridges or carriers for the holders are top-surface ribs,one of which extendsalong the edge 'of said holder, and they serve, by `reason of their vertical edgewise relation to the thin Hat 3o holder, to carry and sustain it, so as to counteract the warping which would otherwise take place at the lapped or matchingjoints. Such bridge or carrying-rib is provided along that edge of each holder which forms the under part of thejoint-lap with the contiguous holder7 so that such bridge-rib serves to carry the edgeon which it is formed and the lapping edge of its contiguousholder in close joining relation. Were it not for the carrying and sustaining 4o function ot' these bridge-ribs, which never become red-hot,it would not be possible to use such a thin heating-surface of edge-lapping holders or plates without warping under their action of the heat and weight of the irons.

4 5 The {ire-box forms a bridge to protect the bottom plate of the top chamber, and an air-space surrounds said lire-box to protect the plates of the stove and to supply heated air to promote combustion of thegases. The lire box and the grate are supported directly upon the top plate of the ash-chamber, so that they may be easily removed and replaced. n

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figuie 1 represents in perspective astove embracing. my improvements; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section of the same; Fig. 3, a horizontal section taken above the lirebox; and Fig. 4, one of the thin plate-holders for theV irous,showing what l call the 1ib-hridgesor carriers therefor.

I use a stove unlike-other heaters for tailors7 irons, which may be provided with" top covers suited to receive cooking-utensils. It

, is lthe top of such a stove that I' provide with separate bridged plates, forming a thin heat-` ing-surface capable of supporting a weight of from ten to twelve irons.

The. tire-box a is comparatively small, of suitably-joined cast-iron plates set upon the top of the ash-chamber box Z), so as to be easily removed when burned out and replaced by new ones. The grate c is also set upon the top of the ash chamber box, so as to be easily replaced. That portion of the stove which forms the combustionchamber and the heating-surface is fitted upon said box and extends in rear thereof to give a top heatinglchamher and sur- The top plate of plates, c, about three-eighths of an linch thick and seven inches wide, to transmit the heat quickly. These holders or coverplates are set iu`the top plate, and are lapjoined at their edges-not, however, as ordinary covers, but one edge of each holder laps under and ,the otheredgelapsoverthecorrespondinglyformed edges of the contiguous holders, so as to make a close top. With such a thin heating-surface exposed to red heat and the weight of the irons the plate would quickly warp and open at the joints and render the top as a heater practicallyy useless. Therefore, while obtaining the advantage of an extended thin topL heating surface of lap-matching plates, I provide against the warping of these thin plates so that they will preserve a close top until they are destroyed by the heat. Each of thesethin plates has a top bridge-rib or carrier, d, about two inches wide, formed along that edge lwhich laps under the contiguous plate, and a similar middle longitudinal top bridge-rib, e. These bridge-ribs, being on the,upper surface of the plates, never become red hot, and although formed integral with the plates, they carry and sustain themin close joiningrelation. This function is especially prominent of the edge-rib bridges, which, carrying the edges of their integral plates true, carry also in true relation the overlapping edges ot' thecontiguous plates, while the middle bridge-ribs carry the body of the plate. These bridge-ribs, oc cupying vertical edgewise relation to the thin plates, are not liable to be warped, and in resisting the tendency ot' the thin dat part to warp they serve as carriers for the thin heating-surface and sustain it, as stated. Each lap-joined plate thus sustained forms a holder for two irons, and the maximum heating-power of the surface/is at a point above the bridge ot' the {ire-box, the exit-tiuef being at the rear end of the heatug-surtace.

rIhe re-box castings are formed with vertical ribs g, so as to keep them from the surrounding plates of the. stove, and form an `airspace, 7L, around the box, which opens above the tire-box into the combustion-chamber and below the {ire-box into the ash-chamber by the openings z' in the top plate of the ash-chamber, as shown in Fig. 2.

The back of the tire-box is formed with aA bridge, j, extending over the air-space h, and protecting the bottom plate ot' the combustionchamber at a point where it would otherwise be burned out by the direct impingement of the heat from the lire-box.

The fuel is supplied through the front door, lc, and an opening, l, in the top ofthe ash-box chamber supplies air to the grate and to the combustion chamber around the top ofthe tirebox.

1. Ihe top heating-surface of the stove,

formed of thin plates or holders for the irons, lap-joined and provided with top bridge-ribs, one ofwhich extends vertically along the lapped edge of said plate, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

2. In a stove for heating tailors irons, the top heating-surface'formed of thin lap-joined plates or holders, the lap of one edge ot' each plate being under and the lap of the other edge being over correspondingly-formed edges of the contiguous plates, each plate having a bridge-rib extending vertically along the top surface of that edge which nliderlaps, and a similar middle top longitudinal rib, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

. 3. The tire-boxformed with the vertical ribs g and the tire-bridge j, in combination with the ash-chamber box b and the combustion-chamber, the said fire-box being supported upon the ashchamber box, and forming a surrounding' air-space, h, opening into the latter and into the combustionchamber around the top and beneath the bridge ot' said rebox, substan-VV tially as described, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing wit- DCSSPS.

J. R. BURG El FIELD.

Witnesses:

A. E. H. JOHNSON, 1 J. W. HAMILTON J oHNsoN. 

